The Chronicle of Higher Education

NYU Student Is Charged With Bank Fraud in $43-Million Scam

By MICHELLE DIAMENT

A New York University student who is scheduled to graduate this week was arrested on Friday and charged with bank fraud in what prosecutors described as a complex series of transactions that involved the shuttling of $43-million in bogus checks between banks in Switzerland and the United States.

The student,...

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